6 Responses to Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant

1. Think Green Limo on December 23rd, 2011 at 10:26 pm said:

   Seems like a fun thing to do if you have a lot of free time on your hands I am usually too busy driving for my Green Limousine company http://www.thinkgreenlimo.com   Pretty crafty idea not the less. Thanks for sharing!

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2. Todd Carter on December 24th, 2011 at 7:05 am said:

   Totally cool video!

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3. Bill Griggs on December 24th, 2011 at 7:39 pm said:

   That is one of the best videos explaining Math I have ever seen. Fantastic! Recently a young boy in NY figured out that the branches and leaves of a tree are arranged in Fibonacci spirals. He placed solar cells in that arrangement and got a 50% increase in efficiency compared to a flat panel. Pretty cool  stuff?

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4. Anonymous on December 26th, 2011 at 11:11 am said:

   Viheart FTW

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5. bigattichouse on December 27th, 2011 at 1:37 pm said:

   The “don’t know what this is” is the seed pod from a magnolia, specifically the big magnolias in the southern U.S.

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6. Anonymous on December 27th, 2011 at 3:12 pm said:

   This is a really fabulous video, Vi. I love how you leave questions for investigators — young or old — to sort out. I have access to the giant pine cones from a longleaf pine; I want to tray coloring and counting the spirals.

   Cristóbal Vila’s wonderful artistic video Nature by Numbers is complementary to Vi’s video. He shows a PHI-ray gun!

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